John Early (comedian)

John Early (born January 21, 1988) is an American comedian and actor. He has appeared on 30 Rock as Jenna Maroney's son and in the independent film Fort Tilden. He starred in Search Party, which aired on TBS and HBO Max from 2016 to 2022.^[1]

John Early
Born	(1988-01-21) January 21, 1988 (age 36) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma mater	New York University
Occupations	Actor comedian
Years active	2012–present

Early life

Early is from Nashville, Tennessee. His father was a Presbyterian minister; his mother, a minister at a church of the Disciples of Christ.^[2] He attended the University School of Nashville.^[3] He graduated from New York University, where he majored in acting.^[4]

When he was 11, he became a big fan of Australian actress Toni Collette and ran a fan website devoted to her.^[5]

Career

Early tours around the country with his stand-up/variety show "Literally Me"^[6] and also hosts a monthly variety event (called Showgasm) at Ars Nova in New York City. He was featured on Lauren Lapkus' podcast, With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus (Episode 41, August 28, 2015),^[7] as well as Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, which was released on Netflix in the summer of 2015. He has made voice appearances on two episodes of Bob's Burgers as brunch blogger Dalton Crespin.^[8]

Early frequently collaborates with comedians such as Hamm Samwich and Kate Berlant in a variety of sketch and filmed presentations.^[9] In 2016, he wrote and starred in his own 30-minute episode of the sketch show Netflix Presents: The Characters.^[10] In 2017, he starred alongside Berlant in the Vimeo miniseries 555, directed by Andrew DeYoung.^[11] He also had a small role as Evan in the 2017 drama Beatriz at Dinner, starring Salma Hayek and John Lithgow.^[12] In 2019, Early appeared in the music video for "Squidward Nose" by Cupcakke. In July 2019, Early starred in an episode of Drunk History about Martha Mitchell, which included acting by Vanessa Bayer and Tony Hale.^[13]

Early appeared in a small skit titled “Credit Card Roulette” in the Netflix comedy program I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, and in the music video for "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift.^[14] In June 2022, Peacock released a sketch comedy special produced by Early and his comedy partner, Kate Berlant, titled Would It Kill You To Laugh.^[15]

Personal life

Early is gay.^[16] He has stated he is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.^[17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2013	Sardines Out of a Can	Arnie	Shonali Bhowmik
2014	Fort Tilden	John	Sarah-Violet Bliss Charles Rogers
2016	Other People	Gabe	Chris Kelly
2016	Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising	Darren	Nicholas Stoller
2017	Beatriz at Dinner	Evan	Miguel Arteta
2017	Fun Mom Dinner	Alfred	Alethea Jones
2017	What Children Do	Pastor Wes	Dean Peterson
2017	The Disaster Artist	Chris	James Franco
2018	Thread	John	Max Rosen	Short film
2019	Late Night	Chris Reynolds	Nisha Ganatra
2019	Good Posture	Sol	Dolly Wells
2020	Save Yourselves!	Blake	Alex Huston Fischer Eleanor Wilson
2022	DC League of Super-Pets	Barry Allen / The Flash	Jared Stern	Voice
2024	Stress Positions	Terry Goon	Theda Hammel
2024	Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation	Alexander	Anna O'Brian	Voice
TBA	Eternity	Ryan	David Freyne	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	30 Rock	Jerome	Episode: "Standards and Practices"
2015	High Maintenance	Wayne	Episode: "Sabrina"[18]
2015	Broad City	Brandon	Episode: "The Matrix"[18]
2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Logan	2 episodes[18]
2015	The Special Without Brett Davis	Tyler	Episode: "Vic & the Moose & Tyler"
2016–2018	Animals.	The Assistant, Monty, Fashion Rat 2	Voice, 4 episodes
2016	Love	Daniel	Episode: "Party in the Hills"
2016	Netflix Presents: The Characters	John the Intern, Jason, Riley, Vicky	2 episodes
2016	Difficult People	Mickey	Episode: "Kessler Epstein Foundation"
2016	Haters Back Off	Maureen The Mattress Queen	Episode: "Starr Off the Parade"
2016–2022	Search Party	Elliott Goss	Main cast
2017	Portlandia	Funeral Director	Episode: "Fred's Cell Phone Company"
2017	Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later	Logan	4 episodes
2017–2021	Bob's Burgers	Dalton Crespin / Receptionist	Voice, 3 episodes
2017–2020	At Home with Amy Sedaris	Russell Schnabble	5 episodes
2018	Another Period	Reporter	Episode: "Sex Nickelodeon"
2018	Human Kind Of	Callie / Mr. Jake	Voice, 6 episodes
2018–2022	Big City Greens	Alexander	Voice, 12 episodes
2019	Los Espookys	Mark Stevens	4 episodes
2019–2022	Tuca & Bertie	Dirk / various	Voice, recurring role
2020	Helpsters	Fashion Fil	Episode: "Chef Charlie/Fashion Fil"
2020–2022	Central Park	Augustus	Voice, 2 episodes
2020–2022	Close Enough	Mr. Timothy Brice Campbell	Voice, recurring role
2021	I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson	Leslie	Episode: "Didn't you say there was gonna be five people at this table?"
2021	The Fungies!	Torsean / Billy Fungie	Voice, episode: "Billy Fungie"
2021–present	The Great North	Henry Tuntley / various	Voice, recurring role
2021–2023	Summer Camp Island	Bearded Sheep	Voice, recurring role
2022	Robot Chicken	Elefun / World War I Pilot #1	Voice, episode: "May Cause Involuntary Political Discharge"
2022	Life & Beth	John	Episode: "Life & Beth"
2022–2023	The Afterparty	Detective Culp	Recurring role
2022	Killing It	Kevin Brailing	Episode: "The Kingmaker"
2022	American Dad!	Various	Voice, 2 episodes
2022	Archer	Wally	Voice, episode: "Distraction Action"
2022	Rick and Morty	TBA	Voice, episode: "Analyze Piss"
2022	Would It Kill You To Laugh?	Himself	Comedy special
2023	John Early: Now More Than Ever	Himself	HBO comedy special

Music videos

Year	Title	Performer(s)	Album
2019	"Squidward Nose"	Cupcakke	Not applicable
2022	"Anti-Hero"	Taylor Swift	Midnights

References

1. "'Arrested Development' Alum Alia Shawkat to Star in Jax Media Comedy". The Hollywood Reporter. June 22, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
2. Philip, Tom (December 20, 2017). "The Manic, Effortless Comedy of John Early". GQ.
3. Seling, Megan (January 27, 2017). "Calling Comedian John Early". Nashville Scene.
4. Cooper, Katherine (March 11, 2016). "John Early on Theatre School, His Female Comedy Heroes, and Gay Minstrelsy". Vulture.
5. "John Early Used to Run a Toni Collette Fan Website". Late Night with Seth Meyers. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
6. "Pretending to be Serious with Comedian John Early". The WILD Magazine. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
7. "John Early: Celebrity Wow with Tyler LIVE, episode #41 of With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus on Earwolf". www.earwolf.com. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
8. Wellen, Brianna (October 1, 2017). "Bob's Burgers returns with a little help from its fans". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
9. Branum, Guy (April 2, 2014). "John Early Is Young, Hungry and Coming Down the Stairs". HuffPost. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
10. "Netflix Orders Innovative Sketch Series 'The Characters' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. February 1, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
11. "Dial '555' for a good time with John, Kate, and Andy". Vimeo Blog. January 20, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
12. "John Early Has the Smallest Role in Beatriz at Dinner". Late Night with Seth Meyers. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
13. Wright, Megh (July 15, 2019). "Watch a Very Drunk John Early Tell a Fascinating Story About Watergate". Vulture. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
14. Aniftos, Rania (October 21, 2022). "Taylor Swift Attends Her Own Funeral in Spooky 'Anti-Hero' Music Video: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
15. "Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 2 with John Early". Doughboys (Podcast). Headgum. July 7, 2022. Event occurs at 2:28:20. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
16. Dresden, Hilton (June 21, 2016). "Out Comedian John Early on Conquering the Queer Audience". Out. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
17. "John Early on Twitter: "I'm here, I'm gay, I just joined the DSA 🌹". twitter.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
18. "John Early". IMDb. Retrieved June 8, 2017.

External links

• John Early at IMDb
• John Early on Twitter